Monday, March 16, 2015

The Bishop's Wife/Mette Ivie Harrison/345 pages

Linda Walheim is the title character. She's used to her life being interrupted by the demands of the ward. When a distraught father comes to their house in the middle of a cold Utah night with his young daughter, she does what is expected of her and cares for the child while the man consults with her husband privately. Did the wife and mother merely walk away from her life with her family or is there something more sinister happening? Additionally, another ward member is facing death, and secrets from his past start to come to the surface. Did his first wife die in an accident or did she have a disease? No one really knows or remembers.


Harrison gives the reader some insight into the Mormon church but don't expect a hard-hitting expose on the church and its teachings. The stories and the mysteries in the book have great promise but don't completely deliver on the build up. I was hoping for something more, but it is entertaining and worth reading. At the very least, I learned more about the Mormon church.

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